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N N Jisieike-Onuigbo1, C U Odenigbo, O A Kalu
1Department of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria. nonyjyske@yahoo.com
Abstract:
We report a case of human pentastomiasis in a 70-year-old retired long-distance driver/farmer whose diagnosis was made incidentally while being investigated for a 1-month history of cough and abdominal pain. The chest X-ray revealed multiple comma-shaped and rounded opacities in keeping with Armillifer infection, most likely Armillifer armillatus. The patient made an uneventful recovery after a 10-day course of mebendazole (an antihelminthic) tablet and ciprofloxacin (antibiotic) capsules and was discharged home. He is presently being followed up. This is the first case we have seen in our medical unit thus we are reporting it.
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